Permissible is most commonly followed by under or in legal and formal contexts. Other prepositions may appear in related sentence structures.
Permissible under is common for laws and rules. Permissible in refers to a context or system. Permissible for can introduce a person or purpose. Permissible to is less common and usually followed by a person. Permissible by is rare and usually refers to an authority.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use permissible under with regulations, laws, contracts, or policies.
Use permissible in for situations, environments, or systems.
Use permissible for before a person, group, or activity.
Permissible to is possible in formal English, especially with a person or authority relationship.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Under is usually more natural than by when referring to laws or rules.
✕ The action is permissible by the contract. ✓ The action is permissible under the contract.Use under for authority and in for context or location.
✕ This payment is permissible in tax law. ✓ This payment is permissible under tax law.To usually introduces a person or group, not a context.
✕ Such behaviour is permissible to classrooms. ✓ Such behaviour is permissible in classrooms.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Yes. It is very common in legal, academic, and official writing.
Yes, especially in formal contexts such as rules or access permissions.
It is not always incorrect, but it is uncommon and often less natural than under.
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